Lloyd Banks has left G-Unit Records, according to 50 Cent. The Power star announced the departure in a since-deleted Instagram post on Tuesday (June 12).
50 shared a photo of his longtime collaborator that reads “Lloyd Bank$ officially off G-Unit Records.” The split appears to be amicable as 50 promoted his former artist’s mixtape in the Instagram caption.
“Check out my boy Lloyd bank$,” he wrote. “New Mix tape coming soon ! Independence Day, he is doing his own thing and you know it’s gonna be loaded with bars. (Check him out) PLK get the strap.”
Banks’ exit comes just a few months after he teased retirement. On March 16, the veteran MC wrote, “I think it’s time to lay it down” on Twitter. Later that day, he shared a clip of professional wrestler Ric Flair declaring he would never retire.
The departure of Banks makes him the second artist to leave G-Unit Records in 2018. Earlier this year, Kidd Kidd revealed he left the label to go independent.
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Well, Banks represents 75 percent of the talent on that label.
He obviously never liked 50 Cent but didn’t have the balls to leave the group because that g-unit tour money was the only thing feeding him. He’s been taking passive aggressive jabs in interviews for years now. lol I guess he feels comfortable leaving now because 50 is washed up and can’t do anything for him at this point.
The last 50 cent single to come out, “I’m the man”, has 116 million views. I’m not sure that any Lloyd banks most viewed song on YouTube has 76 million views. 50 cent in 2016 was releasing songs that are still more played these days than any banks song in history. So idk about 50 not being able to do anything for Lloyd.
We want Colder Corner 3
If he would have left years ago he would definitely be around more often, be more relevant and have a pocket similar to fabs. He never fell off talent wise. Just wasn’t aggressive. Loyal to a fault.
Is about time though, should have left eons ago.
It’s about time. Dude made one classic album and fell the F off
he made a classic album? I always liked Banks but I dont think any of his material is quite classic status
Hunger For More…classic
Fell the F off? Bruh….Where you been? Cold Corner 1, 2….Halloween Havoc 1,2,3…..The V Series…..You kidding me right? Banks will still body your favorite rapper anyday @ anytime. PLK>Everybody!
Those mixtapes were garbage. Care to try again?
Ugh….rotten apple or whatever came out HOW long ago? He wasn’t on a label, he was wasting the prime rap years of his fucking life releasing shit for free
man Lloyd first cd was fire after that he disappeared I think Lloyd time is over rap caeers don’t last long them other cd’s were garbage just tour Lloyd people will come out to hear the old school hits
Are you serious? HFM1 is still a great album, but his mixtape catalog is insane. Cold Corner 2 is an amazing body of work and one of my favorite rap albums of all time. HFM2 had bangers, too.
ummm, does G-unit records still even exist? didnt realize banks was still even on the label if it did… then again, didnt banks retire?
I know banks isn’t the most popular on G unit… but isn’t he kind of the undisputed most talented? Imo anyways
It kinda sucks to see the empire crumbling. I remember 2003-06 when nothing was touching G-Unit. Another piece of my childhood gone, but its not like 50 is doing anything for the artists on the label anymore, in terms of artist development and getting them popular. Like, how miniscule are the chances that by some miracle Tony Yayo suddenly has a hit on the radio in 2018?
Can’t blame fif, how much more could he do for them?? Right after grodt he put out the g unit album and introduced them to the world, thats right after selling 10 million records….what rap group consisted of a solo mega superstar that made more individual money? Yayo came home to a condo over looking the statue of liberty, then bought a million dollar home, buck had his own label, banks was staying at fif’s mansion for free for yeears, and so was yayo and buck…its just another case of “what have you done for me lately”….no body made their teams millionaires like fif, nobody…even em couldnt make d12 rich….fif at one point was the biggest selling hiphop artist around the world, even outsellling eminem at one period in time, and took the unit on tour with him, you know how much exposure that it?….banks is lazy, face it, yayo settled for less and content with the hypeman check, buck works hard but cant make a hit because southern nusic changed, kidd kidd doesnt have star quality…mobb deep made more money in the little stint with the unit than they ever did in their careers, quote from their own mouths.
Nelly and St Lunatics
Don’t know your age group but your observations where so on point. Real talk I haven’t read a G-Unit article that was so right about each member. If you would have given more supporting facts about your assessment of each members career state it would’ve been better than any article that dx has put out. You hit Buck and Kidd dead on. Those were real reasons and not opinions. Great Contribution!!!
Everyone group or thing has their time.
Most talented guy on that label.
It looks like lads are trying to work their ways out to get a better ground Solo. It could be that their boss FIF is no longer doing much to hold them within G. Unit, but G. Unit still remains my best Crew for the Gangster lifestyle they lived. Just yesterday evening I listened to the whole tracks in one of my favorite album (Beg for Mercy). I love these guys❤
That’s what up. Inevitable since he was better than the rest. Should have been left
At least G-Unit still has DJ Pauly D. Can i get a fist pump my dudes?? 🙂
No bro.
Makes absolutely no sense. He does small venues without them and goes w 50 to sell out arenas over seas. I don’t understand this move. Plus they are brothers. Disappointing.
Watever Gunit does as a group or solo tip, I rock wit em. As a group, they the closest thing to N.W.A!
Say that shit!!!!
Gunits top 3 groups all time maybe 2. Theyre a classic group all their material together from then til theit last 2 eps have all been great to classic nothing less
Although he left I hope they’ll still collaboration in future. Banks, 50, Buck n Tony
Ummmm, GUNIT is still a group? They still make music?
Its been almost 2 decades so of course gunits not looked by the masses for music anymore. But lets not act like gunit didnt have 1 of the biggest waves with classic material. Gunit was a literal storm in their primes. I still listen 2 all their shit